Quality Index: 8.8 (EXCELLENT)
Gamestats Score: 8.8
IGN Score: 9.0
Gamespy Score: 9.0
Gamespot Score: 8.9
Metacritic Score: 8.6
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time is a role playing video game developed by AlphaDream for the Nintendo DS system. It is the sequel to Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, and the fifth game in the Mario RPG series. Its graphics and general style greatly resemble those of its predecessor.
In the introductory sequence, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi are on their way to a playdate with Baby Peach when they come upon Baby Bowser trying to kidnap the princess. However, after defeating the future Koopa King (who refers himself as Prince at this point of time) the castle becomes besieged by UFOs.
Back in the present, news has spread that E. Gadd has invented a time machine, powered by the Cobalt Star, and Princess Peach is using it to visit the past. But when the time machine returns, it is occupied not by the princess, but an alien creature. Thankfully, the Mario Brothers were around to defeat the alien. After beating the alien, the brothers come upon a time hole, a rift in the time/space continuum connecting the present with the past. Both brothers end up in the past, along with the sentient suitcase Stuffwell, where they meet up with more of the alien forces, now attacking HolliJolli village. The brothers do well against the invaders, but a UFO overhead blasts the brothers with a giant energy orb, incapacitating them...
